Measuring device



C. CAPUANO. vIVIEASURHJG DEVICE.

l APPLICATION man rea. s. 1920.

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` Be it known that l, Cnnsonnzo CAPUANO,

` a citizen of italy,` residing at Los/angeles,

in the county oiLos Angeles and State of Galifornim have invented new and useful Improvements in Measuring rDevices, of

wh'ch the following is a specilication.

y a pair of trousers and for adding the addil tional length toprovide cutis thereto.` l

"lhisinvention relates to measuring devices and more' particularly to tailors rules, andhas for its obgect `to provide `an im` proved rule for facilitating the takingof variousfmeasurements common in cutting and measurfng clothes and `more particu-` larlytrousers, andthe invention consists of the construction and details an embodiment otnvliich is` illustrated. inthe accompanying y drawings anddescribedand claimed herein.

""lFigure l isa plan view ofthe scaleas adapted or'the use of `*measuring waistbands. k l y n fFig 2 shows the usey orf the instrument in the "measuring of the length oi1k the legs ci Fig. 3 is a plan view of the devicein the use of measuring the length of the lower end of apaironttrousers.` l l ln the improved rule is indicated at 2 and` has alongone edge the standard English scale of measurement, this scale designated .at 3; i @ne end of the scale is made along its lengthior a suitable dirtance ofa predetermined widthnthis section of the scale beingindicated at l and the width is" preferably about one and eleven sixteenths (ifi-25) of an inch, so that when it is desired to mark cutis on the bottom ends of the legs of trousers the cuffs to be an inchandthree quarters `,(1%) deep it is only necessary to apply the rule shown in Fig.

`2`s`o.` that measuring from the crotchol' the leg pattern L toward the foot end of thel leg Such@ 'length s may lOB' desired` or given and for instance to the 29 inch marin, this will enable the cutter to then readily turn j `thebody of the rule transversely across the leg of the trouser as shown by the dotted `lines a `with one edge of the rule at the 29? "ineh" mark,` which he has just previously fte madeon the goods,.and then to run the chalk across the opposite parallel edges of the section `4f of the rule, thefresult being to mark a space between the chalk lines that will be substantially onen-,and three quarters (1%) of aninch wide, the difference between the` one andv eleven sixteenths (1%) width of 5, 1920. seriaino. assess.

'rule on one longitudinal edge as indicated by they arrow b to the position shown atc and then again scribes a mark along the other edge of the rule producing the mark df There may be lett extending beyond this mark @Z the usual outlet i'or trimming and pleating the lowermost `edge ot the trousers.

"J ust beyondthe section et of the rule there isaflurther section 5 hav'ng parallel edges K that are spaced about one and seven sixteenths` ofy an inch, and this portion 5 ofthe body oli the rule may also be utilized asia gauge, inthe manner above described with respectto the use' oi the section el, when it is desired to malte a cuil on the end of the leg of a pair of trousers, the cuff to be one and halfll/g) inches deep.y

A iurtherand import-ant feature of the inventon resides in `means for facilitating the 'cutting of waistbands, and in the illustrated embodimentsuch means comprises the arrangement of a supplemental` scale designated at 6, this scale including the numbers 24 `to 56 inclusiveu this scale being arranged intermediate the length ol the rule 2 and its unitv ot' subdivisions being one-half ofthe" standard unit` one inch in the scale 3;fand the scale `6 is shown as having its indices in registration with the indices oi"` the scale 3.51 ln this case the index or transverse mark 247 is shown as co-ord'inate to the index marlzwll-i of the scale 3, and this `mark 'is therefore fourteen inches from the unit `section l at one end of the scale 3.

lAt the unit index mark 2 of the scale 3` there is shown a notch 7 this notchtherefore being two inches from the transverse end 8 of the scale and twelve inches from the indei; 24C oi the scale 6, and the edge oit the rule having the notch 7 is shown as provided with a series of notches `9. at the index 28; l0 at the index` 30"g 11 at the index 36 and l2 at theindex 38; these notches being so placed as to enable the tailor to readily place a chalk mark at one of these lines accordingto the length of a waistband to be cut as for instance from the goods (it,

F `l, of which al waist band is `to be made.

are used they are laid face to face with straight edges in a-linement as at it they have straight edges, or it the edges are not straight the rule 2 is placedupon the goods at such position intermediately the transverse edges as will enable the tailor'to scribe ya straight line at the straight edge of the rule,` as along the edge ot the scale portion and thento chalk ott1 in the scale 6 the point co-ordinate therein. to a given length of waistband to be made,`as for instance at the 28 inch notch.

lt will be seen then that since the goods is tivo ply the total length ot the two pieces will loe su'iii'cient to 'form a complete waistband and one of the pieces maybe cut ott' at the notch mark 7 so that one piece Will be fully two inches longer than theV other.

The tailor having placed a chalk mark at 2S for instance thenV has but to draw a straight line, in this adjustment of the rule,

along the edge 15 from the notch 7 to the notch '9. But in the event that the tailor wishes to make a check mark at one of the notches 10, 11 or 1.2 he then simply turns the rule over edge for edge so as tof obtain a straightli-ne guide along which` to run the chalk, as from the position of the notch 7 to the notch 11. f

ln 3 the rule is shown as appliedl to one end of a leg of a pair of trousers with an end section l applied' thereto, this end section being providedV with a scale. 17 Starting with an index numeral 12 and subdivided into units reading` up to 26) these units being one-hall"` or"-` the length` of the standard English one inch unit in the scale 3, and the scale 17 isV therefore arranged' so as to start ata point six inches from the end 18 of the scale; and from this` itwill be seen that when the rule is applied to one leg end ot the trousers with the end 1 8 of' the scale contiguonsto an edge of the trouser leg at E, the t'ull circumference of the trouser will readily be indicated'by the mark with which the opposite edge of the trouser will coincide when the rule isr laid -ilatwise onto the folded trouser leg; in this caseV the indication fifteen inches ot'- circmnference.

From the above it will be seen thatl have provided unitary combinenlY scale with a set or' complementary scaled sections arranged to facilitate the mea-surement for lengthof a trouser leg and theu further measurement. tor the addition of the material from which toy form cuffs ony the trouser legs, this latter being accomplished by the use of the width of the rule as a gauge and, eliminating the requirement of nient-al vcalculation vas tothe width of the additional material ;v further I have provided tor'the cutting ofthe waistband pieces with a minimum of mental calculation and Withy rapidity of operation and accuracy of production; and have also provided for the rapid measurement of the leg ends to determine their length of circumference.

Various changes may be made without departing Jfrom the spirit of my invention as claimed.

l claim:

1. A portable tailors rule havinga straight edge and having its opposite edge notched at given positions with respect to one end ttor facilitating the marking oif of waistbands of trousers, the notched edge having a scale with its units one-half of an inch in length.

f2, A tailors rule having a straight edge and having its opposite edge notched :it

given positions with respect to one end for fi facilitating the marking oif of waistbands ot trousers. the notched edge having a scale with its units one-halt of an inch in length, and said scale starting an arbitrary distance from one end of the rule.

A tailors rule having a straight edge and having its opposite edge notched at given positions with respect to one end for itacilitating the marking oft of waistbands oit ,rousers, the notched edge having a scale with its units one-halt of an inch in length. and a cutoff index between one end of the rule and the initial scale marking of said scale.

Ll. Ai tailors rulo having a straight edge and having its opposite edge notched at given positions with respect to one end for facilitating the marking olf of waistbands ol trousers,` the notched edge having a scale with its units one-half of an inch in length. and a cut-oft index between one end of the rule and the initial scale marking of said scale the edge ot the rule between the cut4 oft index and the first notch ot the scale being substantially straight tor marking purposes therebetween,

A tailors rule having a straight-edge and a scale on one tare of the rule adjacent said edge, an end. section constituting a continuation ot the rule and having that edge opposed to the straight edee of the rule provicedwith a scale-` said section being relatively wide as compared to the remainder of the rule to clearly define the section` notches 'Formed in that edge ot the rule opposite to the straight edge, said notches being arranged in spacedy groups, a notch adjacent that end ot the rule remote 'from the end` sect-ion. and a scale along the notched edge oit the rule and having the units thereof of a ditterent length with respect to the units of the iirst scale..

In testimony whereolE l have signed my neme to this specication. i

@EESC/ENZO @APU A NO.

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